John P. Kaminski is the founder and director of the Center for the Study of the American Constitution in the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the director and coeditor of
The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution (nineteen volumes to date). He has written or edited sixteen other books, including three on Thomas Jefferson.
9 Ebooks de John P. Kaminski
Thomas Jefferson: The Quotable Jefferson
More than any other Founding Father, Thomas Jefferson made his reputation on the brilliance of his writing. John Adams chose the 33-year-old Jefferson to draft the Declaration of Independence largely …
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Stephen L. Schechter: Roots of the Republic
Roots of the Republic shows how the Constitution was a product, not simply of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, but of a legal and philosophical tradition almost two centuries old. The editors h …
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John P. Kaminski & Jill Adair McCaughan: Great and Good Man
A Great and Good Man presents a lively collection of contemporary letters, poems, addresses, and newspaper reports that demonstrate the remarkable esteem in which Washington was held. Washington woul …
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John P. Kaminski: The Great Virginia Triumvirate
As the largest, oldest, and wealthiest of the original thirteen colonies, Virginia played a central role in the fight for independence and as a state in the new republic. This importance is reflected …
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John P. Kaminski: Citizen Jefferson
Few Americans have had the profound impact on our nation as did Jefferson, and even fewer left such a wealth of sage advice. Jefferson, a talented statesman, architect, musician, and inventor, was al …
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John P. Kaminski: Alexander Hamilton
Born in 1755 on a small Caribbean island to unmarried parents, Alexander Hamilton did not enjoy the privileges of wealth or heredity by which so many of his contemporaries advanced to the highest lev …
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John P. Kaminski: George Washington
Perhaps no other person could ever achieve the preeminent position in American history and culture occupied by George Washington. Born in 1732, Washington’s life-long commitment to self-improvement a …
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John P. Kaminski: James Madison
A Word Portrait of an American Founder.America has had few political thinkers who have rivalled James Madison. The son of a wealthy planter, Madison was an unhealthy child and was beset by physical i …
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John P. Kaminski & Richard Leffler: Federalists and Antifederalists
For a quarter of a century between 1763 and 1788, Americans intensely debated the nature of government and the need to protect individual liberties. The debate climaxed in the arguments over the rati …
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